Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'
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(But because it was impressive mostly due to how un-Woody-Allen-ish it was, I'm not sure how it would hold up if you weren't expecting it to completely suck.)
I enjoyed it, but then I got a fair amount of mileage out of the Crime and Punishment references.
Surprisingly Good For A Woody Allen Movie Made In The Last 15 Years.
I think this is why it's 78% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
I missed the Crime and Punishment references. I mean, I noticed someone reading Dostoevsky and the Dad mentioning a conversation he'd had with the fiance but it didn't register that that was supposed to mean something.
DH watched Role Models last night and I caught the last five minutes--which is really sort of worth is. Paul Rudd is still cute.
I liked Role Models much more than I expected too. It's got Paul Rudd AND is geek-friendly.
I loved Match Point. It had this lovely cold-blooded elegance I don't recall seeing in any other Woody Allen flick.
Went to see The Soloist over the weekend. Hmmm. Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx both give excellent performances, and movie tries pretty hard not to put a pat answer to the issue in question, but I don't think it quite worked. It's mawkish at parts and gritty at others, and the pacing is all over the place. The supporting performers are terrific though -- I really liked Catherine Keener as Downey Jr.'s ex/boss, and Nelsan Ellis as David, the guy who runs the homeless shelter. (I couldn't figure out for the longest time as to where I'd seen Ellis before, then on the drive home, I realized he played Lafayette from True Blood! Almost didn't recognize him without all the swanning.)
I enjoyed Match Point but would not call it Great Art. I would call it Surprisingly Good For A Woody Allen Movie Made In The Last 15 Years.
That's my take on it.
I am with Jessica and Hec on Match Point. I liked it. I'm glad I saw it. I don't ever need to see it again. I am also with Jessica on Role Models. I enjoyed it immensely and recommend it. I think I liked it more than I Love You, Man and Adventureland in terms of Movies Made With All Those Apatow Types In The Last Year. (Did Zack and Miri Make a Porno come out in the last year? Because I liked it a lot, too. Though I'm not sure it's fair to put it in that category just for Rogen, since Smith has been making movies since long before Apatow hit the scene.)
Gradually catching up after taking a week off work and not checking the board during that time....
I'd like to nominate The Jane Austen Book Club for Most Buffista Moment in a Movie, Ever. The movie follows the lives of six people who form a book club devoted entirely to Jane Austen's works. The Moment involves the male member of the club who contrasts an Austen plot to a Star Wars movie.
Marc Blucas also has a smallish role, but that doesn't make the movie particularly Buffista.
I liked the film, except that I was a bit disgruntled they aged everybody down by about a decade. And Hugh Dancy's character was supposed to have been an average-looking guy in his early 40's, not a curly-mopped, merry-eyed crumpet with a biker's body (which... OK, I didn't mind as much because Dancy was ADORABLE. It didn't hurt that the first words out of his mouth was "... are you here for the Buffy convention?")
"... are you here for the Buffy convention?"
I'd forgotten that bit. Which shouldn't have been forgotten, if only because of the "invisible" vampires.